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BECKET BEND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does becket bend mean?

• BECKET BEND (noun)
The noun BECKET BEND has 1 sense:

1. a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)

Familiarity information: BECKET BEND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BECKET BEND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

becket bend; sheet bend; weaver's hitch; weaver's knot

Hypernyms ("becket bend" is a kind of...):

hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it)

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